Fundraisers find support for 13-year-old hurt in motorcycle-bicycle crash in Harrison

A photo of the GoFundMe campaign webpage for Henry Schinke, the 13-year-old boy injured when he was hit by a motorcycle on Sunday while riding his bicycle.(Photo11: USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)Buy Photo

HARRISON - A 13-year-old boy who was hit by a motorcycle while riding his bike is still fighting to recover from his injuries as family, friends and local businesses continue to raise money to support him.

Henry Schinke was flown to Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee after the Aug. 19 crash, according to the Calumet County Sheriff's Department.

Schinke was identified as the boy involved in the crash by the operators of Kamps Bar and Grill, which has been regularly posting updates on his condition on Facebook. The most recent update, which was posted early Thursday morning, said Henry had high blood pressure and doctors were focused on bringing it down.

A GoFundMe page started Aug. 23 to support Henry and his recovery had raised more than $16,000 by Thursday morning.

Midwest Restoration, a Little Chute-based emergency restoration service, raised nearly $1,000 at the Wednesday night Wisconsin Timber Rattlers game. The business agreed to match up to $10,000 and was still accepting donations Thursday, and also planned to contribute a portion of proceeds from carpet cleaning work.

Midwest Restoration COO Jennifer Rottier said the business wanted to help because many staff members have connections to the community and felt a need to support the family.

“We thought this would be a good one for us to take,” she said

The business hopes to provide the family with the donations later this week or early next week, Rottier said.